← Votes·2025-03-12

White paper on the future of European defence

Defence & Security87%★

Confidence: 87%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "defence"
title/description contains "european defence"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 172740Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓High-interest topic: Defence
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+15 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “White paper on the future of European defence”. Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (77 for, 510 against, 71 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions.

Result analysis

For

Against

510

Abstain

Margin of victory

433 votes

Turnout (cast)

658

Absent

Participation rate

91.4%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 0Against 172Abstain 0Absent 13

S&D135 MEPs

For 5Against 122Abstain 1Absent 7

PfE81 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 55Absent 8

Renew79 MEPs

For 0Against 71Abstain 1Absent 7

ECR82 MEPs

For 1Against 67Abstain 2Absent 12

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 7Against 39Abstain 3Absent 4

The Left45 MEPs

For 34Against 6Abstain 0Absent 5

NI30 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 4Absent 3

ESN26 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 2Absent 3

Country angle

Most in favour

Slovakia7
Malta3

Most against

Germany80
Italy49
Poland43
Spain42
France37

Divided delegations

Cyprus
Malta
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 5Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 4Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 2Against 14Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 3Against 9Abstain 8Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 0Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

France82 MEPs

For 8Against 37Abstain 29Absent 8

Germany96 MEPs

For 12Against 80Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 3Against 11Abstain 3Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 20Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland14 MEPs

For 3Against 10Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 19Against 49Abstain 0Absent 8

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 0Against 22Abstain 6Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 43Abstain 5Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 2Against 17Abstain 1Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 1Against 25Abstain 1Absent 6

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 8Against 42Abstain 6Absent 4

Sweden21 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 0Absent 0

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